END Credits

Yes and No. In America, Australia, Canada and recently New Zealand, there is a approach to credits called Accelerated Flow which means that during prime-time they ditch the commercial break usually shown after the show is finished instead go straight into the next programme (no idents before the next programme). To keep viewership up.

What they usually do especially in the US (major analogue/FTA networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, The CW is have the credits at the bottom and the promos running at the top of the screen.

Example:

Channel 7 (Australia)'s current look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3VOxcLwvbE

CBS (Note that they had a refresh a couple of months ago so the look is slightly different):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUJqfCBM8-s

ABC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQt9p34GshI

never seen credits in the UK but you're right, they go lightening speed here in the US!

It's good and bad - here in the UK, some viewers, are starting to complain that it is cutting off the title music, from the show and that even the continuity announcer is runining the 'End Credits' - As Asa, already pointed out - on this week's edition of Points of View, they featured a section about this.

If it's this bad, in America, Australia and other countries, that show a full screen promo, then we, in the UK may be next to get the 'promo chop treatment' - even the head of Media Planning at the BBC said that they would like to see more 'chopping' at the end of programmes to trail another....

They should do was Sky Sports and sometimes Central do, just have a short programme sting at the end and stick the copyright notice on. Forget the credits.

Don't know about anyone else, but its a waste of time, make them available online or something or let the viewer write in and request them, if they are that desperate for them.

isn't it something to do with the unions with regards to names on end credits - as I remember the BBC had to get special dispensation from the unions when Spooks first started on BBC1 - the end credits are actually shown on episodes on BBC3

You clearly haven't spoken to anyoen in the television industry about this, or are aware of the historical agreements!

CITV and CBBC used (not sure if they still do) squash the credits into a small corner of the screen and cut off the edges so that they we're completely unreadable while the presenter(s) talked about something or other.